How Safe is Barbados? 2020

Before visiting Barbados, I wasn't really worried about how safe the island would be and how freely I could move around as a tourist considering i'm from Nigeria, black and would blend in quite well. However, my husband as a white tourist would stand out and thus safety posed a concern. This is because, based …

Funny Signs in Barbados (Photos)

Fruit vendor sign at the Ministry of Agriculture market In Barbados, i've noticed a couple of signs, names of restaurants, or street signs that I found pretty funny. Here are the ones I managed to take a picture of, for your viewing pleasure.... Restaurant Sign in Holetown, Barbados Sign at a Restaurant in Bathsheba Barbados …

Week 1 in Barbados

I can truly say that Barbados is beautiful as nature made it, the Bajan people are very nice and will offer help without you asking for it. In the capital city of Bridgetown, roads are paved with old buildings painted in bold colors of orange, lime green, pink, blue giving the small town some character and just enough color to brighten up your day.

Flying to the Island of Barbados

After spending 3 spectacular months in the "Holy Land", it was time for my trip to Barbados (you can view my previous post here). For this trip, I booked a 6 months return ticket with Lufthansa  at $1,180 per passenger which was a steal considering it was peak season. As explained in my previous post, …

To all the time I spent in 2019

2019 has come to an end and like every crazy ass year before, there's no taking back all the time I've spent on social media scrolling mindlessly for hours instead of reading a book. I've spent precious hours of my life watching TV shows like 90 day fiancee, GOT and other guilty pleasures that consume …

Ghosted! What it Means and How it Feels

I'm not gonna lie, being ghosted HURTS! all the sudden no texts, no calls, then there's that dreadful feeling you get the moment you realize you've been blocked without warning. I always wonder, is it best to talk things out? be a bit mature; communicate to the other person why you no longer want to …

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No highs without lows nor fights without blows our scars, it shows but we accept our woes hook, line as it flows. Even when doors close and life slows, the stone she throws become the seed that grows. Happiness no one owes the choices we chose have made us foes, our brains froze and grew …

I do.

She said "i can't wait to get married and be happy" and i found her statement damn well laughable. i'm not old, 26 years of life experience is all i have in my portfolio, 8 months of which i've spent married and i can assure you that the single life is the easy life. i …

FOMO 2

How do you convince a person that being alone is okay? as a virgo i don't have these problems, fact of the matter; time alone is a necessity for my existence, to recharge, to get back all the energy spent mingling and being social. yet i suffer. in this internet age and man made paradox …

Libre

today i learned that persistence is what separates winners from losers in life's  grand theatre. life is indeed what you make of it and fear is the mind killer.   Picture: tinybuddha.com Inspiration: After a year of dark days, today I won and it's indeed like a dream. (Psalms 126:1-6) Listening to "Hillsong young and …

Siempre adelante…

Una vida de valor es dificil de vivir, pero tratamos nuestras mejor y eso es suficiente. siempre adelante....siempre.   Pictura: potential2success.com Inspiracion: La vida pasa y es siempre por la mejor. Estoy agradecido por mi vida. Siempre!!! (Soy escuchando que "Bad Bunny - Como antes")

What’s free?

what's free? in life what's given, pure? what's heaven on earth in days long like shadows? what's free?   Picture: blog.bible Inspiration: Listening to  David Baloche - Nothing can Separate    

I wonder

in this game of you versus life i wonder about your view through eyes electric blue; knowing firecoal suns, peering through pearly gates.   Picture: Fatima Albudoor Inspiration:  01/10/19, 1:24am thinking about life      

Our Light…

i don't know how you feel about this page turning like circles in time, or if you see what tomorrow holds; how her starry eyes will unfold. God only knows His love...our light...   PS: To you the reader - "Thank you for your support in 2018. May 2019  reveal to us wisdom to succeed …

Anxious

he says overthinking won't help, i do it anyway nonstop in my loco head dancing in a loop of thoughts. he thinks i'm a star porque i made it this far... lucky me!   Picture: woked.co Inspiration: Casting Crowns - In Me

Avant-garde I

Maybe i'm running a little far away from this life as a cry for help; for you to hold me and never let me go. To tell you the truth, if it comes easy in life, it may as well not have come at all. Pain must lead to gain and there's no in-between , …

Highs and Lows

i'm struggling to stay fucking calm, to sober up and realize that you love me despite the highs and lows. i feel like these vices are what keep me in the loop, insane enough, ever ready to send me to mars when life's bullshit stares me point blank in the face. i think i'm obsessed …

Solace

days like this when i feel like i can't take it anymore, i find solace in your words that never die.   Picture: success.com Inspiration: Every Little Thing by Hillsong Young and Free

What’s life without problems?

They’re endless my problems, like a set of matryoshka dolls. I keep complaining in my head, but this is the life I chose, this is exactly what you get when you leave behind your place of comfort... paddling for the horizons… searching for purpose. After all is said and done, I’m proud of who I’ve …

in the days gone by

pushing through midnight blue days, I feel like a scarlet rose trapped within her thorns, patiently waiting for spring   Picture: Pinterest Inspiration: In the days gone by - Hillsong young and free (Thanks guys for 500 follows and counting)

The cast aways

Saddled by a life that’s tick tocking away I let him rest his heavy head on my shoulders frail. We’re the cast aways, the bitter scums of an existence riddled with fantasies of suffering and gold. His name is John and mine Meredith, and with hands folded like hooks, we hang on to the noose, …

careful what you wish for

hell is relative like time and her perpetual beauty our mind is our god our higher power resuscitating pondered thoughts to life good or bad be careful what you wish for   Picture; Jonathoncomfortreed on DeviantArt

Right Here

I know you have no one to hold your hand, to Keep you warm and tell you everything will be okay. I Know you find it hard to breathe, and the rain won't stop falling from your eyes. In times like this, when you feel all alone in this crazy world, I’ll be right here... …

speak life…not death

The tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches, but A tiny spark can set a whole forest on fire. People can tame all kinds of animals but no one can tame the tongue, for It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison, it Is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting the entire …

Only I

Everyday the battle  Is the same  To wake up or not To do or not  To dream or not To drink or not To smoke or not To say the truth or not  To be happy or not To let it go or not  To feel hopeless or not To stay positive or not To …

Soul food

Your music matters The food you feed your soul should be pure, laced with value Starve it of life; and you'll wither into the distraction Fill it with trash and it's garbage in, garbage out The pulse rushing in from the pods in our ears are sound, rhythm, words that linger in our subconscious long …